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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Jul;28(1):158–166. doi: 10.1002/jmri.21413

Table 3.

Measurements of Signal-to-Noise (SNR) Ratio and Contrast-to-Noise (CNR) Ratio of the Real-Time Images

SNR CNR
1.5T MRI Scanner
Phantom 42.1 ± 1.0 40.2 ± 0.9
In Vivo
Patella 57.6 ± 5.8 45.5 ± 4.2
Femur 54.2 ± 7.3 42.1 ± 5.8
0.5T MRI Scanner
Phantom 12.5 ± 1.4 10.8 ± 1.2
In Vivo
Patella 31.8 ± 5.2 22.6 ± 4.4
Femur 28.1 ± 3.8 18.8 ± 3.1